A LONG GOODBYE

長いお別れ

By Ryota NAKANO

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Drama - Completed 2019

A retired school principal reveals to his family he is suffering from dementia. While distressing for his wife and daughters they also discover he still harbours a happy memory that they themselves had long forgotten.

Festivals
& Awards

hong kong iff 2019
Cinephile Paradise
Beijing IFF 2019
Panorama
Hawaii IFF Spring Showcase 2019
Moscow IFF 2019
Taipei Film Festival 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 127 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ryota NAKANO
    • Writer(s)
    • Ryota NAKANO, Toshiya ONO
    • Producer(s)
    • Takashi HARA (Asmik Ace, Inc.), Yoko IDE (Asmik Ace, Inc.)
    • Synopsis
    • Shohei (Yamazaki) is a retired school principal and as he and his wife (Matsubara) gather his family to celebrate his 70th birthday he reveals to his two daughters (Takeuchi, Aoi) that he is suffering from dementia. While losing his memory is upsetting and confusing for his family, the situation also reveals that one particularly happy memory which the three ladies had long forgotten is still alive and well in Shohei.